Bill Text: MS SB2288 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Marion-Walthall County Correctional Facility; establish pilot re-entry program at.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee [SB2288 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2016-SB2288-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Corrections; Appropriations
By: Senator(s) Bryan
Senate Bill 2288
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO ESTABLISH A PILOT RE-ENTRY PROGRAM AT THE MARION WALTHALL COUNTY REGIONAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections, in consultation with the Mississippi Re-Entry Council Steering Committee established under Section 47-7-101, shall create a pilot re-entry project at the Marion-Walthall County Regional Correctional Facility with the purpose of transitioning offenders from incarceration to society.
(2) The Commissioner, in consultation with the Department of Mental Health, shall have the authority to establish programs at the Marion-Walthall County Regional Correctional Facility, including, but not limited to, cognitive behavioral modification programs, drug and alcohol treatment programs and other mental health services to assist offenders who are soon to re-enter society.
(3) The Commissioner shall have the authority to use Department of Corrections’ property, wherever situated in the State, as re-entry centers, community corrections centers or technical violations centers as described in Section 47-7-38.1.
(4) This section shall be repealed on July 1, 2019.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.
